At least 35 killed in China car ramming
Al Jazeera
Police say a 62-year-old suspect drove his car into a crowd in southern Zhuhai, also injuring 43 people.
At least 35 people were killed and 43 injured after a car ploughed into a crowd outside a sports centre in China’s southern Zhuhai city, police said.
The hit-and-run took place at 7:48pm (11:48 GMT) on Monday, when a man drove a small off-road vehicle into a large group of people exercising outside the sports centre. It was only reported by police on Tuesday.
Zhuhai police said the suspect, a 62-year-old man surnamed Fan, was being treated at a hospital after hurting himself with a knife in his car.
Police called it a “serious and vicious attack”, but said the 43 people injured people were not in life-threatening condition.
A video of the scene following the attack, verified by the Reuters news agency, showed at least 20 people lying on the ground. Cries of “terrorist” could be heard as ambulances arrived to take the injured to hospital.
